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  • Jury says Philly can't evict Boy Scouts for anti-gay policy

    06/24/2010 12:25:07 PM PDT · by mdittmar · 25 replies · 1+ views
    Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | June 24, 2010 | Nathan Gorenstein
    A federal jury Wednesday decided that Philadelphia violated the Boy Scouts' First Amendment rights by using the organization's anti-gay policy as a reason to evict them from their city-owned offices near Logan Square."We can't be kicked out of the building or evicted, and we don't have to pay any rent," scouts attorney William M. McSwain said after the unanimous verdict by a jury of six women and two men.The scouts' lawyers expect U.S. District Judge Ronald Buckwalter to issue a permanent injunction that bars eviction because of the policy - set by the national organization - that homosexuals cannot be...